HAUGESUND
FROM URBAN VOID TO GATEWAY 
Haugesund's Historic Centre suffers from a classic urban predicament: the draining of commercial activity to suburban malls. With preserved buildings on just about every block, the historic city grid provides few, if any, opportunities for much needed large scale programs.
Fortunately, the City of Haugesund owns a large, open site on the boundary between the historic downtown and the nearby living areas – mostly one-family dwellings that surround the city on three sides. The site, named Flotmyr, has remained undeveloped for the last 60 years. Once the proud gateway to Haugesund, it is now an urban void, filled with temporary programs such as bus stops, bus parking, a repair and cleaning garage, and free ground-level parking. Haugesund Municipality asks for design proposals for a robust urban structure from which the new Flotmyr can develop.
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Haugesund is Norway's film city. The municipality asked film director Nina Lill Veste and photographer Tore Roth Stranden to make an introduction to the competition site. Follow the film's character's mental and physical walk to new discoveries and to Flotmyr :